Improvement in hoes



' C. P. HOWELL.

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No. 85,384. Patented Dec. 29, 1868.

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CHARL E S P. HOWELL, OF

Letters Patent No. 85,384,

COV INGTON, KENTUCKY.

dated December 29, 1863.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LGHARLES l. HOWELL, of Govington, in the countyof Kenton, and the State of Ken: tuoky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hoes, of which the following is a full and clear description, reierei'ice being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this Specification.

The nature of my improvement in hoes consists in the manner of securing the blade of the hoe to the handle thereof, by means of clamping-bars and an adjustable ferrule, which, when pressed down over the clamping-bars, causes the most rigid union of the blade and handle of the hoe.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hoe.

Figure-2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Figure 3 are parts of the hoe detached from each other.

A is the handle of the hoe, the small end, e, of which is provided with grooves, b, two in number, IOGZLtGh on opposite sides.

Clamping-bars B, of a size adapting them to occupy the grooves 11, and to be curved by the ferrule C, have their inner ends, 0, turned in at an angle of ninety degrees. The opposite outer endsof the cla1npingbars have their ends, (I, turned out at an angle of ninety degrees. The ends (l are larger than the inner ends 0.

Shoulders e, on the faces of the clamping-bars, which are pressed in contact with the handle of the hoe, have lengths, back from the outer ends (l of the bars B, equal to double the thickness of the hoe-blade.

The blade D of the hoe is of any desirable shape, and is perforated, f. This perforation is occupied by the ends of the clamping-bars.

The H-shaped piece of metal, E, has the cross-bar g,

of such a width that when in place between the blade D and the shoulders e of the clamping-bars B, the

outer ends (I are brought into close contact with the G is forced'up towards the opposite end of the handle I A, uncovering the clamping-bars B, which are then removed from the grooves I) in the handle A. j Their inner ends 0 are widely separated, when the bracepiece E may be removed, and the clamping-bars B withdrawn from the perforation in the blade D. A new blade (or in, place thereof, a rake may be used) is then adjustedto the clamping-bars, which are secured to the handle, the return-points c entering andcon fined in recesses in it, by the ferrule O.

lWhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.. The clamping-bars B, constructed substantially herein described.

2. The clamping-bars B, in combination with the brace-piece E, blade D, ferrule O, and handle A, or their equivalent, when constructed and arranged in the manner and for the purpose shown and described.

CHARLES P. HOWELL.

lVitnesses G. L. FISHER, A. J. Gnason. 

